Pictured from left: Senior Vice President Commercial, BTC, Tellis Symonette; Accounts Officer, NEMA, Deborah Hanna; CEO, BTC, Geoff Houston; Consulate General of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas in New York, Dr Rhonda Chipman-Johnson; Secretary to the Cabinet, Anita Bernard and Director, NEMA, Captain Stephen Russell. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel)
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NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The
CEO of The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC), Geoff Houston
presented the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) with a cheque
for $250,000 to go toward the Hurricane Irene relief programme.
The presentation was made at
NEMA in the Churchill Building, Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Consulate General of The Commonwealth
of The Bahamas in New York, Dr Rhonda Chipman-Johnson also presented
a $4,135 cheque to the relief programme. Dr. Chipman-Johnson explained
that the money was collected from the Bahamians living abroad in New
York.
Secretary to the Cabinet, Anita
Bernard on behalf of The Bahamas Government, expressed appreciation
for the donations, which will go toward the restoration of The Family
Islands and the people who were impacted by the Category 3 Hurricane
Irene in August 2011.
